125 Discussion Forum

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Your Name: Email Address: Password: ( Needed to edit or delete this message.) Message Title: Text of Message: Add an Image: An image can also be attached to this listing. Click "Browse" to select the image file on your PC. It can be a JPEG or a GIF file. The file will be uploaded to the server, scaled to fit, and will appear beside the entry. Replying to: New to 125s Hi everyone, I've recently bought a 125 and would love some advice on a few things. The guy I bought the boat from built it himself, but, considering he'd be storing it under the house most of the time, has painted the whole thing with house paint! The colour scheme is fairly terrible so I'd like to give it a repaint but not sure what the best way to go about it would be. The paint is in good condition but she already seem heavier than her varnished counter-parts. Would I be best to paint over it, sand it all back and repaint or even varnish it? I'm unlikely, at this stage, to be racing her but would like to have the option to in the future. Also, she hasn't got a spinnaker or trapeze and I was wondering how, where, and for how much I might go about acquiring these. Thanks!